| Show 9 LOCAL government A SAN FRANCISCO grand jury a short time ago among other things reported as follows our oar elections primarily and finally are controlled to a great extent by bv to 1500 members of abe criminal element leagued together and rendering quid pro quo having so call called e d pulls pulis on men in authority and others with those having power matters have hav e reached such a condition here that to openly offend the directory of toe criminal element seems seema to invite complete political ostracism tra cism p I 1 how mih better is that ki kind ad of politics so coaled called church rule in etab even suppose the latter to be a tact fact instead of a bollow fiction would amit be infinitely better than the san francisco system new york boston chicago and other big american cities cities suffer from froin similar combinations it if their own press is to tie te believed Is that the american style so much vaunted by some extremely 1111 liberal beral to themselves local politicians who would not prefer being ruled by a body of decent god fearing men devoted to toe tine welfare ot of thac immunity to being dominated by wire pullers bullers office seekers and criminals linked in with officials greedy eyed and plunder lert led it if the minority here were to gain pont control rol to is there any security that the same state of in the cities we have name would not soon exist here we have ha had d an a n ho honest n est and econom economical icil administration of public affairs in this territory and it would be deplorable to see the kind of change for which certain schemers are ai always ways there is no part of this great areat country where there is greater freedom to the voter than to la utah nor where the th pu public 14 11 c are better protected in their P political 1 al rights all the hue and cry that is raised near election times about church rule and kindred nonsense is toe the worst kind of claptrap clap trap it only catches a lew few feebler minded and aielli people who think the they y ant ar air fairly sweating independence by wildly seconding ec toe efforts of their ow own and n the publics enemies to create divi sion who is there in jtb having the statutory qualifications that is hindered in tae exercise of any ary political right or compelled against his hia will to support any public measure or any candidate tor for offee who can truthfully assert that he be is subject to any kind of penalty or punishment for differing with others iu in his political actions or opinions As to pressure of party or domina tion of bosses just waton the course of the opposition at any election and see it if there is not a hundredfold hundred fold more of those objectionable influences among them than are ever brought brough tto to ber in the peoples party the conservative ron bon armons of this territory will be consulting their own interests the permanent pease and prosperity of utah and the welfare of the whole people irrespective of creed or party by quietly sustaining with their secret ballots the nominees of the majority whose place on the peoples ticket is a guar anty at of fidelity to public good ing and no member of that party who has not lost his senses gensea will play into the hands bands of the enemy by giving way to souie gome personal objection and scratching a ticket prepared by the peoples delegates after full fall fair and free discussion cus sion we do not dot want any lu such eh local government as that co complained empl of in san francisco and we shall hall never be cursed with it while the majority 91 ot the citizens retain control |
